Bangla literature is undergoing multiple changes amid shifts in reading habits, digital platforms, language, and the wider social context, speakers said yesterday.

The top 20 loan defaulters account for 63 percent of the defaulted loans in six state-owned banks, prompting the government to order specific roadmaps for recovery.

Professionals associated with the field of architecture have described internationally acclaimed structural engineer and architect Fazlur Rahman Khan as the “Einstein of Structural Engineering.”

The government is set to import another 1,00,000 tonnes of diesel from Kazakhstan on an emergency basis as it hunts high and low for fuel amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran.

In a sudden reversal, the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has withdrawn its claim that the government had established a formal Private Sector Advisory Council.

Businesses yesterday called for uninterrupted energy supply, easing of regulatory bottlenecks, lower bank interest rates and inauguration of the third terminal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to improve the investment climate.

The country stands on the edge of a difficult summer as global tremors from the war on Iran ripple through its energy lifelines, stoking fears of blackouts as heat waves loom.

The government today launches an emergency measles-rubella vaccination drive targeting over 13 lakh children, aged six months to under five years, in 30 upazilas of 18 districts, where the infection rate is relatively high.

Today marks the third death anniversary of Rokia Afzal Rahman, an eminent entrepreneur, philanthropist, and trailblazer for women’s empowerment.

Bangladeshi cardiologist Dr Chowdhury H Ahsan has been appointed as the chair of the International Committee of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), a US-based professional organisation.

Farmers in riverine chars of Kurigram and Lalmonirhat are increasingly cultivating ginger in sacks, using organic inputs, and turning a once-absent crop into a growing source of income in climate-vulnerable areas.

Secretary general Fakhrul says party needs months before fixing council date

Another body recovered from fire debris

Security guard father mourns loss of only daughter in Keraniganj factory fire

Indian envoy highlights shared ties and diversity at Dhakeshwari temple

Interim government issued ordinances between August 2024 and February 2026

Last week, the govt also approved import of another one lakh tonnes of diesel from ExxonMobil Kazakhstan Inc

Victim left in a bloody state, detainee will be shown arrested, police say

Committee recommends against ratifying ordinance giving it more authority

Over 300 children admitted to district hospitals as cases rise